A Muromachi Period (14th-15th Century) embroidered painting of the Buddha with human hair woven into it, produced in Japan. These pieces were typically produced by women devotees, and documented examples have been noted to have human hair woven into the Buddha’s vestments or hair [998×1511]

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    1. Unsurprisingly, surviving pieces like these are exceedingly rare, and the only comparison examples I could find were those larger depictions of the Amida Raigo Triad.

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